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mat·ey

 (mā′tē)
adj. Chiefly British
Sociable; friendly.
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matey

(ˈmeɪtɪ) or

maty

adj
friendly or intimate; on good terms
n
friend or fellow: usually used in direct address
ˈmateyness, ˈmatiness n
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mate•y

(ˈmeɪ ti)

adj. Chiefly Brit.
sociable; friendly.
[1910–15]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.matey - (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or palsmatey - (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
chummy, pally, palsy-walsy
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
friendly - characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
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matey

adjective (Brit. informal) friendly, intimate, comradely, thick (informal), pally (informal), amiable, sociable, chummy (informal), free-and-easy, companionable, clubby, buddy-buddy (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hail-fellow-well-met, palsy-walsy (informal) her irritatingly matey tone
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matey

adjective
Chiefly British. Liking company:
companionable, convivial, sociable, social.
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Translations

matey

[ˈmeɪtɪ]
A. ADJ (Brit) [person] → afable, simpático; [atmosphere] → acogedor; [gathering] → informal, familiar
she's quite matey with my wife → es bastante amiga con mi mujer
B. N (Brit) (in direct address) → chico, hijo
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matey

[ˈmeɪti] adj (British) → copain-copain inv
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

matey

(Brit inf)
adj (+er) person → freundlich, kollegial; (pej) → vertraulich; atmosphere → freundschaftlich, kollegial; gathering → vertraulich; careful what you say, he’s matey with the director → sei vorsichtig mit dem, was du sagst, er steht mit dem Direktor auf Du und Du; he was getting just a bit too matey with my wife → er wurde ein wenig zu vertraulich mit meiner Frau
n → Kumpel m; (warningly) → Freundchen nt (inf)
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matey

[ˈmeɪtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) → amicone/a
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Here you, matey," he cried to the man who trundled the barrow; "bring up alongside and help up my chest.
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"For God's sake let me, matey! Some of 'em are after me - and I've got hold of a ticker here."
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'Show a leg, matey,' says he: 'time to turn out guard.' My old man woke up Jim,--that's my eldest,--and away they went, without so much as a word to me.
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I don't know, but his matey, "you could do this, you know" style makes you feel as if you are.
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Desperate Danan, 27, has asked the organisers if 24-year-old Lady Isabella Hervey, right, and her big sis Victoria, 29, will be there - but don't get any big ideas about anything happening there, matey!
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Gemma is a great girl and will get on famously with Matey."
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One former pupil of the school - founded in 1629 - said: "He was a brilliant teacher but didn't know where to draw the line being matey with pupils.
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Clearly the emancipation of the TV-watching lower orders has passed you by, matey.
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AHOY there matey! Lewis Morris from Speke has drawn this fabulous picture of Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean.
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As well as lots of rare Czech beers, the long tables are large enough to sit 20 - encouraging a matey vibe.
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The pair have been matey for months, with Niall hanging out with the TV presenter at weekends and tweeting cringey pics of himself raiding her underwear drawer.
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"I know that people appreciated it because as he said, Matey was the people's horse."
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